New Age guitarist Kitaro aims for the mystical in this assorted international mixture of hymns and carols. Utilizing strings, flutes, harps, voices of an international children's choir, synthesizers, organs, percussion, and guitars, Peace on Earth retains a sort of enigmatic quality that transcends some of the more prosaic arrangements that color such warhorses as "Jesu Joy of Man's Desire," "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear," and "Jingle Bells." Still, Kitaro's finally a great-old fashioned mood setter even as he aims for more ethereal realms, slowing down tempos, shading a phrase, or lyrically bending a line. It's not musical alchemy, but sometimes it's close.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
2. Silent Night
3. Angels We Have Heard On High
4. Joy To The World / The First Noel
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Jingle Bells
7. Rosa Mystica
8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. A La Nanita Nana
11. O Holy Night
12. The Great Spirit